October 6, 2009

First, let me start by saying I missed mentioning one of the United States' most quintessential October events: the opening of the Supreme Court is always the first Monday in October. For those of you who are especially dorky, I found this rather interesting. Yes, someone is blogging the Supreme Court (and it's a pretty decent read).

This just goes to show that October is many things to many people. In March, ask 50 random people what October means to them and you'll get mostly answers like "Halloween" or "pumpkins" or "autumn" and maybe one person of the 50 might say,"Oh, the opening of the Supreme Court!" And that one person will most likely be a lawyer. Or me.

Over the years, the majority of the answers I've gotten to the above question have been related to two subjects: food or the occult. Happy October.

We like apple cakes, candy corn, hot cider, soup, casseroles and comfort food or anything that tastes like pumpkin. In equal measure, we like vampires, witches, ghosts, werewolves and any number of other unexplained or folkloric creations. What does that say about us as October People?

We are both well-fed and well-read. That's my guess, anyway.

What does October mean to you?

Cheers!